Borrow the day to change the day

Days passed, and when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, the West Route Army under He Kegang's charge finally swept away the Jianlu in the area he was in charge of, connecting Shenyang and Dalinghe City together.

At the same time, Sun Chengzong of Shanhaiguan shipped a batch of grain and grass, arrived at Haizhou City by sea, and then transferred to Shenyang by land.

He Kegang and Lu Xiangsheng had already returned to Shenyang by the time the angels who had escorted the grain and grass from the capital arrived in Shenyang.Only Zu Dashou was still marching northward, chasing down the remnants of Jianlu who had fled northward.

"Ah, Eunuch Wang, long time no see, you are our timely rain!" Zhong Jinwei led He Kegang and Lu Xiangsheng out to greet him, and said with a smile when he saw Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen smiled all over his face, without any airs of an angel, he congratulated Zhong Jinwei again and again and said: "It should be our family who should first congratulate Lord Hou for his extraordinary achievement!"

The two sides returned to the lobby to sit down in a friendly and flattering manner, accompanied by He Kegang and Lu Xiangsheng.

"I didn't expect that Lord Hou would destroy Jianlu so quickly. Our family traveled all the way, and it took longer than Lord Hou to destroy a country. Master Hou, what a speed!" Wang Chengen sat After deciding, based on my personal experience, I couldn't help but praise Zhong Jinwei again.

Zhong Jinwei smiled and said: "I am fighting a war, and the situation on the battlefield is constantly changing. Sometimes I have to travel overnight, so the speed is much faster."

"Then Hou Ye has worked very hard! How is your health? The emperor is very concerned about it. Don't be exhausted." Wang Chengen asked quickly after hearing this.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for thinking about it! It's a bit hard. But no matter what, I'll get over it after a while." Zhong Jinwei replied indifferently.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao came into the lobby and told Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, the transfer of grain and grass is complete."

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, he asked with concern: "How is it, is it enough?"

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I knew I had asked the wrong question, so I changed my words and asked, "How long can I last?"

After Cao Wenzhao looked at Wang Chengen, he turned his gaze back and answered Zhong Jinwei: "If estimated according to the current rationing system, we can last for about four months in total."

Zhong Jinwei could tell that the meaning of this sum was to add the grain and grass brought in from Shanhaiguan just before.

Wang Chengen saw that Zhongxing Hou was silent after hearing this, and explained: "Master Hou, the imperial court didn't know how much food was lacking in Liaodong, so they temporarily transferred these here. After Master Hou returned to Beijing, he will report to the emperor. , should be able to transfer some more food over.”

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he knew that Wang Chengen had misunderstood himself, so he replied with a smile: "I know this, but I didn't explain it in the victory report. The exact amount of food needed at that time is unknown. How much food the court can allocate is the amount of food." Already!"

Hou Zhongxing can understand that this is the best.Wang Chengen then stood up and said, "Master Hou, our family has to pay homage to Yuan Zhongcheng by order."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, it was a good thing.He quickly stood up and led Wang Chengen to Yuan Keli's mourning hall.

After busying for a while, Zhong Jinwei led Wang Chengen to visit Shenyang City, Jianlu POW camp, Jianlu's palace and so on.

When Wang Chengen saw Zhong Jinwei's handwriting of "Come here for a visit" in Chongzheng Hall, he couldn't help laughing again, and couldn't help joking with Zhong Jinwei.

After some fun, it was already dark.Zhong Jinwei led his generals at all levels to entertain Wang Chengen, so that his subordinates could get acquainted with Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory.

When the crude banquet was over, in Zhong Jinwei's study, only Wang Chengen was left talking.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the study, Wang Chengen turned serious, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, when our family left Beijing, the emperor told our family that someone in the court began to covet the land of Liaodong, and the emperor asked Lord Hou to return to Beijing to discuss Liaodong's strategy to deal with the aftermath."

Zhong Jinwei didn't find it strange at all.There will always be some people who see the benefits and want to jump out to take advantage of it.He nodded first and said: "Then I won't wait for Zu Dashou's journey. The Vladivostok area has been occupied some time ago, and there should be no mistakes in other things. I have arranged matters in Liaodong in the past few days, and I will set off immediately. Return to Beijing."

At this point, seeing Wang Chengen looking at him, he added another sentence: "I have an idea about the Liaodong matter, which involves the reform of the northern army and military households of the Ming Dynasty. I have to go to the capital to discuss it with the emperor in person. The best opportunity to implement it.”

Wang Chengen nodded after listening, and agreed: "Master Hou's idea is always good, the emperor must be looking forward to it."

Zhong Jinwei smiled, and he stopped being polite to Wang Chengen.Because one of the main reasons why Emperor Chongzhen trusted him so much was also his biggest secret, and Wang Chengen knew it.

He thought for a while, and asked Wang Chengen: "By the way, I discussed with the emperor and Lord Wen about the candidate for Liaodong's restoration and reconstruction work years ago. Is there any movement now?"

"Master Hou said that you are acting governor of Yongping Zuo Yingxuan?" Wang Chengen immediately confirmed after hearing this.

Zhong Jinwei nodded and said, "Exactly."

"When our family left Beijing, it seemed that the imperial court ordered him to enter Beijing." If Wang Chengen hadn't been the admiral of Dongchang, he would not have known about this.

"That's good, there should be no change in the candidates." Zhong Jinwei expressed his opinion after hearing this.

Suddenly, he realized an embarrassing situation at this time, and hurriedly said to Wang Cheng'en: "Oh, Wang Gonggong, I'm really sorry, I forgot to serve you tea. Come here, make a pot of tea."

Wang Chengen and Zhong Jinwei were already familiar with each other, and they joked with Zhong Jinwei with a smile: "Our family knows that Lord Hou is informal, but if you don't know, you might think Master Hou is stingy!"

After finishing speaking, the two laughed together, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious.

In fact, the tea has already been brewed, but Gu Baichuan saw that his boss was having a secret conversation with Lord Hou, so he didn't let anyone bring it in.

Early the next morning, Zhong Jinwei began to arrange for the class teacher to return to Beijing.

The Jingying troops began to be drawn from various places, and the Denglaiming Army and the Guanning Army were arranged to take over the tasks of the Jingying Army.

In the end, Lu Xiangsheng was arranged to replace him in Shenyang to control the military and political power throughout Liaodong. His subordinates were composed of two frontier armies, the Guanning Army and the Denglai Army.

Originally, apart from Zhong Jinwei, the governors of Liaodong and Denglai were next in rank, followed by the generals of all walks of life.

Now that Governor of Liaodong Yuan Keli died of illness, and Governor Denglai will take over the position of Marquis Zhongxing, the generals will naturally not have any opinions.

After all these arrangements were made, Zhong Jinwei led the army back to Beijing.Those who returned to Beijing together, besides the angel Wang Chengen, also had Yuan Keli's coffin.

All the soldiers, not only the Beijing camp, but also the Denglai Army and Guanning Army who stayed behind in Liaodong, were looking forward to this reward from the imperial court.